This book is book 2 of 'Shadow Empress' series. It's best to read 'Shadow Empress' before reading this to avoid confusion. Book 1 of the Shadow Empress Book 2 - The Monster Duchess Book 3 - The Tearless Concubine Isadora Mercer was just a poor daughter of a farmer when she first entered knighthood. Her only dream was to make sure that her family doesn't have to starve; hence the reason why half of her salary goes to her family every month. Isadora trained her skill diligently until she receives the recognition she deserved. Everything goes as planned for Isadora until she met Camille Hawthorne. Camille Hawthorne is the duchess of the people. She has many responsibilities but she never once complained. She received many nicknames from the nobles and even the commoners. Some were bad; some were nice to hear. But the most notable nickname she received not only brought shame to her image but also her family. 'Divorcee' As time goes by, Camille thinks that she needs to find someone that can both protect and care for her and her children. When Camille went to visit her friend's shop in town, she came across Isadora and her younger siblings. At that moment, Camille knows that Isadora is the one. But what about her children? Will Camille's children accept Isadora as their new stepmother?

How would you react when the person you had one night stand with is actually the emperor of the country and you're the only one who's not a family member that knows about the emperor's secrets?

Celeste Raines has built her empire on control. An Academy Award-winning actress and Hollywood's most enigmatic star, she knows better than anyone that desire and discipline don't mix - not in an industry that thrives on scandal. She lives by one rule: never blur the line between work and real life. Then Rowan Hart walks into the audition room. Bold, magnetic, and unafraid, Rowan is everything Celeste has tried to guard herself against. She's new to the Hollywood machine, but her raw fire lights up the screen - and when she's paired with Celeste for the film of the year, the chemistry is instant, undeniable, and exactly what the studio wants. But what begins as rehearsed intimacy quickly bleeds into something dangerous. Every stolen glance and unscripted touch threatens to unravel Celeste's carefully crafted walls - and reveal a truth she's kept hidden from the world, and from herself, for far too long. In a city where secrets are currency and desire can destroy, Celeste and Rowan must decide: will they stick to the script, or risk everything for the one thing neither of them can fake?

I couldn't understand, what it was exactly... The pain.... Or The tightness of her hand around my throat... Or maybe the way she fucked me with her eyes because I felt my back arch at the same time my eyes rolling at the back of my head.. My arms that were wrapped around her neck tightened their hold around her making my stiletto nails dug into her skin as I pulled her closer. My toes against the floor curled, feeling myself slowly moving over the edge. Even though my lungs burned in need for air unlike my soul that drowned and burned in pure ecstasy and need. The want and need sipping into my soul made my head tilt back against the wall, letting her hand perfectly wrap around my throat. "Fuckkkk!" Grey cursed out loud My eyes blurred with my own tears feeling the pulsing between my legs growing more but I tightened my hold against her shoulders pulling her more to me making her bury her head in the crook of my neck. Her grip never once loosening... Her breaths were short, shaky and heavy against my ear and before I could process everything, her voice hoarse and strained pierced through my senses, "Let this be a little warning to you so that whenever you think of defying me," Grey paused.. "I want you to remember how your body is nothing without me. Let that stay in your thick skull of yours, slut but for now, have fun thinking of how my dick would have felt pulsing within your walls." ******* Wanna find out more, check out the book immediately you read this..

Pinili kong lumayo sa lahat. Iniwan ko ang apelyidong binigay sa akin ng ama ko, ang mundong minsang sumira sa akin at ang babaeng minahal ko nang higit sa sarili ko. Nagsimula akong muli sa isang lugar kung saan walang nakakakilala sa dating ako. Tahimik, simple at sa wakas malaya. Akala ko sapat na ang distansya para ibaon ang lahat ng alaala. Akala ko kaya ko nang tanggapin na hanggang alaala na lang sya. Pero may mga taong kahit ilang taon mong iwasan... Hahanapin pa rin ng tadhana ang paraan para muli kayong pagtagpuin.

"I need you daddy."I whispered in Scarlett's ear as i bit and sucked her neck softly. My body ached for her touch as it grew hot. I just couldn't get myself under control as I felt my hardened nipples making me grind my chest to hers as I breathed in the crook of her neck intensely trying to control my aching body. "I'm here baby." I could feel the smirk beneath her voice at my statement. I wrapped my hands around her neck swinging my leg to her other side so I can straddle her making our lower halves meet as I felt her budge against my panties. . "No daddy, I want you in here." I grinded my core against her budge making me shut my eyes as my mouth gaped feeling the thin layer soak into my juices with shotons of pleasure shooting throughout my body. Her hands grabbed my hips before pressing me down on her budge stopping my movements. "Where baby girl? Tell daddy where you want her cock to be or else I won't give you what you want." She pressed me more to her budge making my panties stink to my core. "You know daddy please, I can't take it anymore. " I whined as tears threatened to fall from my eyes from the denial of pleasure. I whimpered as tears fell down my cheeks as she stayed silent taking my answer as a no. "Tell me baby or else I won't give it to you,choose wisely love." She whispered then spread my ass cheeks making me feel how my juices rolled down to my core as her budge grew more. "Speak up baby, tell daddy where you want her cock to be railing out you out until you can't walk." She whispered then grinded my body slowly on her budge letting out a cry. "I want your cock daddy in my wet pussy." ******* Scarlet Parker is a definition of a goodness but the only difference she has is her dark heart ever since her 38 years of living on earth. She thinks she has everything until she wants something that's not possible which is turning a straight girl gay and that's Lovely Alden who happens to have a boyfriend at 27... By: my-lesbi-ass

Malakai Hilton is the school's most valued soccer player on the field and off it with the girls. Her parents are start-up business owners of one of the most important companies in the world and it takes up most of their time. She prefers to spend her time at parties with her friends or on one night stands. But what happens when someone from her past doesn't quite stay in the past and keeps making second appearances? •••• Leilani Canmore is head cheerleader for the all famous soccer team. This has been her dream since she was but a mere little girl and her parents have never been prouder-but that changes when she has her eye on a certain player. For the wrong team. What can go wrong when you mess with the school's player. . . again?

Vy's life has been a quiet kind of hell, trapped in a controlling relationship where every day is a performance in survival. She's learned to keep her head down, to make herself small... until Jilayia walks into a Parisian café and changes everything. Mysterious, magnetic, and impossible to ignore, Jilayia notices her first. For Vy, it's a spark of something forbidden. For Jilayia, it's a wildfire, an obsession that pulls her closer than she's ever allowed herself to go. What Vy doesn't know is that Jilayia is wealthy, untouchable in ways Vy can't imagine, and connected to a dangerous underworld. As their attraction burns hotter, Vy is drawn into a world of desire, secrets, and risk that could destroy them both. In a city of lights and shadows, one girl falls first... and the other falls harder. Love and danger collide, and only one can emerge unscathed.

Ericka Matthews is the ambitious CEO of one of the hottest clothing companies in the fashion world-powerful, driven, and untouchable. Amanda Parker is the new assistant, eager to prove herself in the high-stakes industry. But what Amanda doesn't expect is the secret she's about to uncover. The weight of Ericka's secret draws Amanda in, and as she becomes more involved in Ericka's life, she starts to feel an undeniable attraction to her boss. With every passing day, their bond grows stronger, but so do the risks. Will their relationship survive the pressure of secrecy, the delicate balance of power, and the looming question of whether love can bloom in the midst of such turmoil? In this poignant and heartfelt story of love, sacrifice, and the delicate line between professional and personal, Amanda must decide if the chance at love is worth the risk of losing everything. Will Ericka allow herself to be loved?

5:30 AM. Breakfast. Lunch packed. Laundry. Dishes. Designs for women who get to leave the house. Dinner by six. Every. Single. Day. Liora Bennett used to be a name in fashion. Now she's a routine, one her wife built for her, brick by brick, disguised as love. Victoria Hale doesn't hit her. Victoria just needs to know where she is. Who's looking at her. Why she'd ever want to leave a house this beautiful, a life this provided for. Liora tells herself it's fine. She defends her wife even when no one's asking her to. Even after the night she almost lost their baby alone bleeding, terrified, driving herself to the hospital while Victoria slept two doors down and didn't wake up. She's still telling herself it's fine. Until Victoria's boss sees her across a crowded mall. Valentina Ashcroft doesn't smile. Doesn't laugh. Runs half the city and buries the other half when they get in her way. Nobody's ever seen her soften for anything. Until now. Liora built her whole life around staying small enough not to be noticed. She's about to find out what happens when the most dangerous woman in the city notices her anyway. Some cages are made of silk. They're still cages.